Quote Originally Posted by rabernet
Just for my own clarity - it refers to a wild "caught" rather than a captive hatched? I never really thought about it - I knew it meant Long Term Captive.
I've always thought it referred to an adult or almost adult BP taken from the wild for the pet trade Robin or for breeding purposes rather than a captive hatched baby (I may well be wrong on this though of course). So I'd consider Saoirse to be a well established LTC since she's been in captivity now for at least 2 years and is settled much as our CB's or CH's are.

I just never know what time period "long" is LOL. I've seen ads for LTC snakes that seem to have been unpacked last week and sorry but I sure don't call that "long term" or "well established".